# List of Dutch Basketball League season assists leaders

Dutch Basketball League awards, honours, and leaders :
Individual awards :
Most Valuable Player
Coach of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
MVP Under 23
Sixth Man of the Year
Playoffs MVP
Statistical Player of the Year
Most Improved Player
Rookie of the Year
Kees Akerboom Trophy :
Honors :
All-DBL Team
All-Rookie Team
All-Defense Team :
Statistical leaders :
Scoring
Assists
Blocks
Rebounding
Steals :
vte :
In basketball, an assist is a pass to a teammate that directly leads to a score by field goal. The Dutch Basketball League's (DBL) assist title is awarded to the player with the highest assists per game average in a given regular season. The assists title was first recognized in the 1985–1986 season when statistics on assists were first compiled.

## Leaders

Key :
| Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one) |
| Club (X) | Name of the club and the number of times a player of it has won the award (if more than one) |
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active in the DBL |
| APG | Assists per game |
| Season | Player | Nationality | Club | Total | APG |
| 1985–86 | Marco de Waard | Netherlands | Den Helder | 195 | 7.8 |
| 1986–87 | Toon van Helfteren | Netherlands | DAS Delft | 275 | 8.1 |
| 1987–88 | Jeroen Talens | Netherlands | Red Giants Meppel | 284 | 8.4 |
| 1988–89 | Terry Coner | United States | DAS Delft | 288 | 8.2 |
| 1989–90 | John Emanuels | United States | DAS Delft | 352 | 9.8 |
| 1990–91 | Maury Selvin | United States | Donar | 218 | 6.8 |
| 1991–92 | Cees van Rootselaar | Netherlands | Den Helder | 192 | 10.1 |
| 1992–93 | Cees van Rootselaar (2) | Netherlands | Den Helder | 159 | 8.8 |
| 1993–94 | Cees van Rootselaar (3) | Netherlands | Den Helder | 242 | 9.0 |
| 1994–95 | Cees van Rootselaar (4) | Netherlands | Den Helder | 270 | 10.0 |
| 1995–96 | Cees van Rootselaar (5) | Netherlands | Den Helder | 166 | 8.3 |
| 1996–97 | Tony Miller | United States | Den Helder | 234 | 8.1 |
| 1997–98 | Tony Miller (2) | United States | Den Helder | 189 | 7.0 |
| 1998–99 | Albert Johnson | United States | Donar | 324 | 10.1 |
| 1999–00 | Ed Norvell | United States | Virtus | 264 | 8.3 |
| 2000–01 | Ed Norvell (2) | United States | Den Bosch | 264 | 9.1 |
| 2001–02 | Scott Ungerer | United States | Landstede Zwolle | 216 | 7.7 |
| 2002–03 | Gregory Harris | United States | BSW Weert | 298 | 7.1 |
| 2003–04 | Gregory Harris (2) | United States | BSW Weert | 205 | 7.3 |
| 2004–05 | Tony Miller (3) | United States | Omniworld Almere | 192 | 7.4 |
| 2005–06 | Taron Downey | United States | BSW Weert | 316 | 7.9 |
| 2007–08 | Jesse Kimbrough | United States | Aris Leeuwarden | 275 | 6.9 |
| 2009–09 | Matt Bauscher | United States | Aris Leeuwarden | 223 | 5.9 |
| 2009–10 | Torey Thomas | United States | Matrixx Magixx | 217 | 7.2 |
| 2010–11 | Frank Turner | United States | EiffelTowers Den Bosch | 190 | 5.3 |
| 2011–12 | Frank Turner (2) | United States | EiffelTowers Den Bosch | 137 | 5.1 |
| 2012–13 | Whit Holcomb-Faye | United States | Aris Leeuwarden | 280 | 7.8 |
| 2013–14 | Emmanuel Ubilla | Puerto Rico | Den Helder Kings | 202 | 5.6 |
| 2014–15 | Lance Jeter | United States | Donar | 124 | 5.0 |
| 2015–16 | Nigel Van Oostrum^ | United Kingdom | Aris Leeuwarden | 228 | 8.2 |
| 2016–17 | Lance Jeter (2) | United States | Donar | 174 | 6.2 |
| 2017–18 | Carrington Love | United States | ZZ Leiden | 216 | 6.8 |
| 2018–19 | Maurice Watson, Jr. | United States | ZZ Leiden | 260 | 7.9 |
| 2019–20 | Tayler Persons | United States | ZZ Leiden | 135 | 7.5 |
| 2020–21 | Austin Luke^ | United States | Yoast United | 212 | 9.6 |

### BNXT League Domestic Phase leaders

Since the 2021–22 season, the Dutch Basketball League has merged with the Belgian League to create the BNXT League. The following were the leads in the Dutch phase of the regular season.
| Season | Player | Nationality | Club | APG | Ref |
| 2021–22 | | | | | |
| 2022–23 | Mike Schilder | Netherlands | Yoast United | 6.5 | |